PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saul Victoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunni Vikarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gunni Vikarsson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Victoro
vs
Vikarsson

179 cm
18
209 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Arcticus University: London

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saul Victoro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gunni Vikarsson!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Victoro changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Victoro darts in and clinches Vikarsson up against the cage.
Vikarsson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Victoro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vikarsson's elbow.
Vikarsson taking a breather.
Victoro tries to work over Vikarsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Victoro struggles to land a body shot inside as Vikarsson controls his hands.
Vikarsson throws a head punch that misses.
Victoro lands with a right to the head.
Victoro tries to work over Vikarsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vikarsson tries to break free but Victoro pushes him back against the cage.
Victoro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vikarsson's elbow.
Victoro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Victoro throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vikarsson is trying to stall.
Victoro can't find room to land a body shot as Vikarsson controls the action.
Vikarsson blocks an uppercut.
Vikarsson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Victoro misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victoro blocking some punches.
Vikarsson misses with some punches.
Victoro stalling the fight.
Victoro scores with a shoulder strike.
Vikarsson blocks a body shot from Victoro.
Victoro tries to throw a body punch but Vikarsson avoids it by throwing Victoro back against the cage.
Vikarsson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Victoro scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Victoro.
Victoro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Victoro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vikarsson working hard to break the clinch.
Victoro stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Victoro will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Vikarsson up against the cage.
Vikarsson working aggressively here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Vikarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victoro swings wildly with an uppercut but Vikarsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vikarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Victoro dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Vikarsson tries to circle away but Victoro has him pinned against the cage.
Victoro lands with a right to the head.
Victoro can't find room to land a body shot as Vikarsson controls the action.
Vikarsson's coach down at TheGym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Vikarsson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Victoro lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Victoro is leaning against Vikarsson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Vikarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Victoro misses with a punch to the body.
Vikarsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Victoro prevents Vikarsson from breaking the clinch.
Vikarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Victoro controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Victoro.
A hook to the body from Victoro.
Victoro tries a body shot but Vikarsson blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victoro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Victoro is stalling here.
Vikarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Victoro misses with some punches.
Victoro tries to work over Vikarsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vikarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Victoro controls the action.
Vikarsson is looking to break free of the clinch but Victoro has double underhooks.
Victoro lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Victoro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vikarsson's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Victoro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vikarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Victoro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Victoro scores with a nice hook to the head.
Victoro tries to throw a body punch but Vikarsson avoids it by throwing Victoro back against the cage.
Victoro lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vikarsson backwards.
Victoro can't find room to land a body shot as Vikarsson controls the action.
Vikarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Victoro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vikarsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victoro struggles to land a body shot inside as Vikarsson controls his hands.
Victoro misses with a body punch.
Vikarsson can't break the clinch.
Victoro has a couple of punches blocked by Vikarsson.
Vikarsson wants to break free but Victoro has control.
Vikarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Vikarsson looking to stall.
Victoro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vikarsson's elbow.
Victoro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vikarsson's elbow.
Vikarsson misses with the head strike.
A short left from Victoro.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Victoro.
Victoro scores with a hook to the body.
Victoro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Vikarsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vikarsson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vikarsson trying to stall but Victoro improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saul Victoro dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Victoro misses with a looping left.
Victoro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vikarsson moves away.
Victoro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vikarsson moves away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Vikarsson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

It looks like Saul Victoro has been cut.
Victoro takes a swing at Vikarsson's ribcage but misses.
Victoro is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Vikarsson throws out a loose jab but Victoro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Victoro swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Victoro throws a jab when Vikarsson was well out of range.
Victoro looks to score with a jab to the body but Vikarsson is just out of range.
Vikarsson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victoro scores with a nice right hand.

Victoro gets a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Vikarsson.
Victoro misses with a punch to the body.
Victoro tries a body shot but Vikarsson blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victoro misses with some punches.
Victoro lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Victoro tries to work over Vikarsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vikarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Victoro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Victoro lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vikarsson.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Victoro.
Vikarsson misses with the head strike.
Vikarsson wants to stall.
Victoro lands a nice shot to the body.
Victoro blocks an uppercut.
Vikarsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Victoro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vikarsson lands with a light punch inside.
Victoro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vikarsson can do to turn this around?
Victoro lands a shoulder strike.
Vikarsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vikarsson is trying to maintain a safe position but Victoro gets an underhook and turns Vikarsson into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victoro effectively controlling the action here.
A short right from Victoro on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vikarsson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Vikarsson lands with a light punch inside.
Victoro tries to throw a body punch but Vikarsson avoids it by throwing Victoro back against the cage.
Vikarsson tries to break free but Victoro pushes him back against the cage.
Victoro pushes Vikarsson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Victoro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vikarsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vikarsson prevents a body shot from Victoro.
Still in the clinch, Victoro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vikarsson blocks a body shot from Victoro.
Vikarsson tries to stall but Victoro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Saul Victoro has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Victoro swings wildly with an uppercut but Vikarsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vikarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victoro throws a punch but it's blocked by Vikarsson.
Victoro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Victoro misses with the head strike.
Victoro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vikarsson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Vikarsson tries to stall but Victoro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Victoro is working Vikarsson over against the cage.
Vikarsson misses with the head strike.
Victoro throws a punch but it's blocked by Vikarsson.
Victoro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Victoro lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vikarsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vikarsson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice body punch from Victoro - that landed with a thud.
Vikarsson wants to stall.
Victoro blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vikarsson is looking to control Victoro's arms but Victoro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vikarsson has his back to the cage.
Victoro lands a body punch.
Victoro works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vikarsson is breathing heavily.
Victoro digs a right hand into Vikarsson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Vikarsson's gas tank.
Vikarsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Victoro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Victoro lands a shoulder strike.
Victoro's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Vikarsson is trying to maintain a safe position but Victoro gets an underhook and turns Vikarsson into the cage.
Victoro lands a body punch.
Victoro gets through Vikarsson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Victoro.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Victoro throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A left hand lands to the body for Victoro.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vikarsson.
Victoro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vikarsson's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saul Victoro dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Saul Victoro's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Victoro takes a swing at Vikarsson's ribcage but misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Vikarsson. That snapped Victoro's head back.
Victoro misses with a straight left.
Vikarsson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Victoro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little jabbing left from Vikarsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Victoro moves away from the strike by Vikarsson.
Victoro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Victoro looks to land a combination but Vikarsson avoids it well.

Victoro closes the distance and clinches.
Vikarsson is trying to break the clinch but Victoro is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Victoro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Victoro misses with a body punch.
Victoro misses with a body punch.
Victoro takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Victoro - that landed with a thud.
Vikarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vikarsson prevents a body shot from Victoro.
Victoro is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Vikarsson's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Victoro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vikarsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Victoro lands a body shot.
Vikarsson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A shot in the inside from Victoro.
Vikarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Victoro lands with a left to the head.
Victoro pushes Vikarsson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Victoro swings wildly with an uppercut but Vikarsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vikarsson misses with some punches.
Victoro tries to work over Vikarsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vikarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Victoro blocks an uppercut.
Vikarsson working aggressively here.
Victoro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Victoro blocks an uppercut.
Victoro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vikarsson prevents a body shot from Victoro.
Vikarsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Victoro misses with a punch on the inside.
Vikarsson wants to stall.
Vikarsson has had enough of the clinch but Victoro keeps him there for the moment.
Vikarsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Victoro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Victoro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Victoro struggles to land a body shot inside as Vikarsson controls his hands.
Victoro pushes Vikarsson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short body shot lands from Victoro as the two fighters clinch.
Victoro works on Vikarsson's body with a couple of short punches.
A frustrated look appears on Vikarsson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Victoro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vikarsson is trying to push Victoro away but Victoro has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Victoro lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victoro pushes Vikarsson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Victoro lands a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Victoro.
Victoro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Victoro lands a nice shot to the body.
Vikarsson prevents a body shot from Victoro.
Victoro cracks Vikarsson with a nice body shot.
Victoro lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vikarsson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Victoro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Victoro can't find room to land a body shot as Vikarsson controls the action.
Victoro scores with a shoulder strike.
Victoro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Victoro lands a left hand.
Victoro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vikarsson throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Victoro lands a body shot.
Vikarsson is looking to control Victoro's arms but Victoro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vikarsson has his back to the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victoro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Victoro scores with a hook to the body.
Victoro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vikarsson backwards.
Victoro working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vikarsson misses with some punches.
Victoro misses with the head strike.
Gunni Vikarsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Victoro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vikarsson trying to control the position but instead, Victoro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vikarsson into the cage.
Victoro lands an uppercut.
Victoro lands an uppercut.
Victoro digs a right hand underneath Vikarsson's ribcage. Vikarsson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Victoro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vikarsson takes a shot to the head.
Victoro lands with a right to the head.
Vikarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Victoro lands with a light punch inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Saul Victoro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Victoro has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saul Victoro!